Suppose
"Supposing truth is a woman--what then?"
-Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Suppose truth is a woman--then what?
Suppose you call her late at night and she doesn't want to talk to you.
Suppose you're a little drunk when you call and she hangs up on you and
when you call her back
she doesnt' answer...
Suppose truth only looks like a woman
and you don't find out till later that those tits you fell
in love with
--immediately, deeply--
were only water balloons, and you feel a bit silly,
falling in love with water balloons,
but you buy some the next day, just to see...
Suppose truth is a lesbian who doesn't want anything to do with you
romantically,
but does think you're a great guy and gives you a big hug
every time she sees you...
Suppose truth isn't a lesbian at all but nonetheless
wants nothing to do with you
romantically.
Or worse, only pretends to be a lesbian
when you're around...
posted by Diptherio at
6:53 AM
2 Comments:
Oh that's excellent. Yes, very good. The metaphor is wonderful. The speaker and the "you" are very unambiguous.
The progression that the "you" probably sees as going from bad to worse is captivating, humorous, and succinct. However, you might try out the second stanza as the last to see how it reads and if it improves the progression that you set up, but it would invariably change the feeling the poem leaves off on. For me, it seems that discovering truth is not a woman at all would be the appropriate final blow in my quest for woman/truth.
This is a very accessible poem and, at the same time, very meaningful. And, of course, the picture is perfect.
My, well...let's just say that you obviously spent more time thinking about this poem than I did.
I just liked the ring of the Nietzsche quote and kind of went with it. "Supposing truth is a woman, what then?" From my experience with women, "lots of embarassment and dashed hopes," would be "what then". So...
Thanks for the feed back. As for how it's set up, I thought of it in a woman/not woman, lesbian/not lesbian way, so that the first two stanzas go together, presenting a kind of dichotomy; the third and fouth do the same. As for how that structure serves the overall purpose of the poem, I'm not sure, that's just how I wrote it. Actually, the purpose of the poem was really just to provide a few cheap laughs. Not much thought went into it beyond that.
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